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In Latest NSA Spying Scandal, World Learns Obama Lied Again; Congress Furious it Was Spied On

In January 2014, during the scandalous aftermath of Edward Snowden's NSA snooping revelations, one which revealed the US had been spying on its closest allies for years, Obama banned U.S. eavesdropping on leaders of close friends and allies and promised he would begin reining in the vast collection of Americans' phone data in a series of limited reforms.

Below are the key highlights from his January 17, 2014 speech:

Russia Denies Deputy PM Shot Himself In Leg At Gun Club

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister may have accidentally been ‘injured in gun club blast’ according to report. Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin is reported to have accidentally pulled the trigger on himself while practicing at a gun club, resulting in injuries to his leg. Rogozin is considered Putin’s right hand man and is waiting to step into his shoes as the next president.

The Plutocrats Are Winning (Don't Let Them!)

Authored by Bill Moyers via BillMoyers.com,

In the fall of 2001, in the aftermath of 9/11, as families grieved and the nation mourned, Washington swarmed with locusts of the human kind: wartime opportunists, lobbyists, lawyers, ex-members of Congress, bagmen for big donors: all of them determined to grab what they could for their corporate clients and rich donors while no one was looking.

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